WILSON v. STATE

No. 42139.

243 Miss. 859 (1962)

140 So.2d 275

WILSON v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly McKoin, Biloxi, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


LEE, P.J.

Willie Wilson was indicted for the forcible and felonious rape of a female. The jury found him guilty as charged, and he was sentenced by the court to suffer the death penalty. From the judgment entered, he appealed.

Prior to the arraignment, defendant's counsel suggested in writing that his client was then insane and was not capable of making a rational defense, and that this issue should first be settled...

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